THE 3/5TH CLAUSE - THE REASON BEHIDE THE MADNESS

Written By  S.C.Young

This past week the United States Constitution was read in the House of Representatives something that has not been done in over 200 years. Unfortunately some parts of The Constitution were not read. One part that was not read was the 3 / 5 Clause and many people have mistaken the meaning to be Pro Slaver...

The 3/5 Clause found in Article 1 Section 2 of the Constitution has been missed understood since it was written. The 3/5 Clause was drafted because the way Southern Democrat Slave owners wanted their slaves counted in order to get a majority of representation in The House Of Representative in means that the Southern state knew if they could maintain a majority they could strike down any antislavery legislation.

Representation by population turned out to be more complicated than most anticipated. More questions came up, such as, Who counted? Were slaves, for example, people or property? As people, they would add weight to the Southern delegations in The House of Representatives. However, as property, they would add to the tax burdens of those states.

What emerged to solve this problem is known as the 3/5 Clause. Which states, All free persons plus "three-fifths of all other persons" constituted the numerical base for the appointment of representatives. By using "all other persons" as a substitute for "slaves" indicates the discomfort of acknowledging the existence of slavery in the constitution.

The 3/5 Clause was not meant to say Blacks where only 3/5 of a person as some people have stated.   But that the Southern Slave Owners could not count all of his or her slaves for Representation.

At the time 3/5 Clause was drafted the Southern population was 50% Black therefore giving their owners more power on The Hill....

For more on this and more please see the video below....

HEALTH CARE REFORM - THE REST OF THE STORY

2 days after the "HISTORIC" passage of our new Health Care Reform Bill I decided to see how well our government works. In the last 2 days I visited 2 county Hospital's (Tarrant and Parkland), The Texas Department Of Public Safety, and 2 US Postal offices and they all had one thing in common.

Can you say LONG LINES and frustrated people, well this is going to get worst as the Health Care Reform Bill plays out in the next 10 years. I posted a poll to see just how many people believed that Health Care was a "CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT" and I was shock to see that over half of the people that took the poll believed that Health Care was a Constitutional right. Now maybe I missed something I don't remember see anything in the Constitution about Health Care but maybe I did not read the right one. All joking aside this Bill is the worst bill ever passed on Capital Hill.

Now that this bill has passed I hear a lot of my fellow Independent, Republican, and Tea Party say WE WILL VOTE THEM OUT! Ok I agree with that it is time to get rid of the bums that voted for this Bill but how do we go about that? I'm going to go out on a limb here and some people will not like what I'm going to say but this is what we need to do and do it fast!

I believe the next move that the Dems will make is Immigration Reform which could spell disaster for the G.O.P because the Dems will attach a provision to allowing Amnesty to all of the Illegal Aliens to become Legal which means THEY CAN VOTE and who do you thing they will vote for? Hmmm let me see the G.O.P right ah that's not going to happen they will vote for the people that made them legal the Democrat Party!

The U.S. Census Bureau showed that the nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached nearly 38 million in March 2007, one-third of which are comprised of illegal immigrants. (Center for Immigration Studies).

I look at Politics like hood sense (THIS MEAN COMMON SENSE) now even though over 70% of the polls said that Americans did not want Health Care Reform Bill the Dems still pushed it into law. They still did it knowing that they will pay for it in the 2010 Mid Term Elections coming in November means only one thing THEY HAVE A PLAN!

"A 2008 survey finds that a plurality of Hispanics view the Democratic Party rather than the Republican Party as the one that shows more concern for Latinos and does a better job on the issue of illegal immigration (although a substantial minority of Latinos see no difference between the parties on these matters). Also, many more Latinos (41%) say the policies of the Bush Administration have been harmful to Latinos than say they have been helpful (16%).

Hispanics are the nation’s largest and fastest growing minority group; at 46 million strong, they make up about 15% of the U.S. population. Their electoral clout continues to be undercut, however, by the fact that many are ineligible to vote, either because they are not citizens or not yet 18 years old. In 2008, Latinos will comprise about 9% of the eligible electorate nationwide. 

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If you combine that with the voting habits of Black Americans, and  Amnesty this could spell a another term in the House and the Senate for the Dems.

I will make this simple to prove my Theory Dallas Texas has a population of 1.2 million and is the third-largest city in Texas and the eighth-largest in the United States. The city is the primary economic center of the 12-counties Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan area that according to the March 2009 U.S. Census Bureau release, had a population of 6.3 million as of July 2008. The metropolitan area is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

As of 2009 the racial break down for Dallas Texas is the following:




Now look at the Hispanic and Black American break down, together they make up 61.5% of the of Dallas Population that mean the other racial break down only total up to 38.5%. In other words  The city of Dallas could become a blue city and support the Democratic Party.

:

• Hispanic (35.6%)
• White Non-Hispanic (34.6%)
• Black (25.9%)
• Other race (17.2%)
• Two or more races (2.7%)
• American Indian (1.0%)
• Asian Indian (0.6%)
• Vietnamese (0.6%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Read more: http://www.city-data.com/city/Dallas-Texas.html#ixzz0j3s6FHaa
I'm sure if you break down the racial popullation for Austin, Houston, and San Antonio you will find the Hispanic and Black American hold a higher Percentage of  the racial break down.
El Paso is a large Hispanic city.

I urge the R.N.C and the Tea Party Movement to realize that you have to reach out to both the
Hispanic and Black Americans because this may be the only way for the Republican Party
to win in 2010!

In the next few weeks I will blog more about this and the step in how this can be done.

S.C.Young

American Experience | Alexander Hamilton | PBS

American Experience | Alexander Hamilton | PBS

American Experience | Alexander Hamilton | PBS

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One of the most controversial men of his age, Alexander Hamilton was a gifted statesman brought down by the fatal flaws of stubbornness, extreme candor, and arrogance.

House Roll Call #477 Details On H.R.2454:

FOR MORE H.R.2454 CLICK HERE: To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.


June 26, 2009 Roll call number 477 in the House
Question: On Passage: H R 2454 American Clean Energy and Security Act


Ayes: 219

(Democrat: 211;

Republican: 8)

Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45]	Aye
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0]	Aye
Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10]	Aye
Rep. Leonard Lance [R, NJ-7]	Aye
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2]	Aye
Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23]	Aye
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8]	Aye
Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4]	Aye

Nays: 212

(Democrat: 44;

Republican: 168)

Abstained: 3

(Democrat: 1;

Republican: 2)
Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 1/2 (50%) Percentage of 'aye' votes: 50%

Result: Passed

Votes by Representative

Name Voted
Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D, HI-1] Aye
Rep. Gary Ackerman [D, NY-5] Aye
Rep. Robert Aderholt [R, AL-4] Nay
Rep. John Adler [D, NJ-3] Aye
Rep. W. Akin [R, MO-2] Nay
Rep. Rodney Alexander [R, LA-5] Nay
Rep. Jason Altmire [D, PA-4] Nay
Rep. Robert Andrews [D, NJ-1] Aye
Rep. Michael Arcuri [D, NY-24] Nay
Rep. Steve Austria [R, OH-7] Nay
Rep. Joe Baca [D, CA-43] Aye
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R, MN-6] Nay
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R, AL-6] Nay
Rep. Brian Baird [D, WA-3] Aye
Rep. Tammy Baldwin [D, WI-2] Aye
Rep. James Barrett [R, SC-3] Nay
Rep. John Barrow [D, GA-12] Nay
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R, MD-6] Nay
Rep. Joe Barton [R, TX-6] Nay
Rep. Melissa Bean [D, IL-8] Aye
Rep. Xavier Becerra [D, CA-31] Aye
Rep. Shelley Berkley [D, NV-1] Aye
Rep. Howard Berman [D, CA-28] Aye
Rep. Robert Berry [D, AR-1] Nay
Rep. Judy Biggert [R, IL-13] Nay
Rep. Brian Bilbray [R, CA-50] Nay
Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R, FL-9] Nay
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D, NY-1] Aye
Rep. Sanford Bishop [D, GA-2] Aye
Rep. Rob Bishop [R, UT-1] Nay
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R, TN-7] Nay
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D, OR-3] Aye
Rep. Roy Blunt [R, MO-7] Nay
Rep. John Boccieri [D, OH-16] Aye
Rep. John Boehner [R, OH-8] Nay
Rep. Jo Bonner [R, AL-1] Nay
Rep. Mary Bono Mack [R, CA-45] Aye
Rep. John Boozman [R, AR-3] Nay
Rep. Dan Boren [D, OK-2] Nay
Rep. Leonard Boswell [D, IA-3] Aye
Rep. Frederick Boucher [D, VA-9] Aye
Rep. Charles Boustany [R, LA-7] Nay
Rep. Allen Boyd [D, FL-2] Aye
Rep. Robert Brady [D, PA-1] Aye
Rep. Kevin Brady [R, TX-8] Nay
Rep. Bruce Braley [D, IA-1] Aye
Rep. Bobby Bright [D, AL-2] Nay
Rep. Paul Broun [R, GA-10] Nay
Rep. Corrine Brown [D, FL-3] Aye
Rep. Henry Brown [R, SC-1] Nay
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R, FL-5] Nay
Rep. Vern Buchanan [R, FL-13] Nay
Rep. Michael Burgess [R, TX-26] Nay
Rep. Dan Burton [R, IN-5] Nay
Rep. George Butterfield [D, NC-1] Aye
Rep. Stephen Buyer [R, IN-4] Nay
Rep. Ken Calvert [R, CA-44] Nay
Rep. David Camp [R, MI-4] Nay
Rep. John Campbell [R, CA-48] Nay
Rep. Eric Cantor [R, VA-7] Nay
Rep. Anh Cao [R, LA-2] Nay
Rep. Shelley Capito [R, WV-2] Nay
Rep. Lois Capps [D, CA-23] Aye
Rep. Michael Capuano [D, MA-8] Aye
Rep. Dennis Cardoza [D, CA-18] Aye
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D, MO-3] Aye
Rep. Christopher Carney [D, PA-10] Nay
Rep. André Carson [D, IN-7] Aye
Rep. John Carter [R, TX-31] Nay
Rep. Bill Cassidy [R, LA-6] Nay
Rep. Michael Castle [R, DE-0] Aye
Rep. Kathy Castor [D, FL-11] Aye
Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R, UT-3] Nay
Rep. Ben Chandler [D, KY-6] Aye
Rep. Travis Childers [D, MS-1] Nay
Rep. Yvette Clarke [D, NY-11] Aye
Rep. William Clay [D, MO-1] Aye
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D, MO-5] Aye
Rep. James Clyburn [D, SC-6] Aye
Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6] Nay
Rep. Mike Coffman [R, CO-6] Nay
Rep. Steve Cohen [D, TN-9] Aye
Rep. Tom Cole [R, OK-4] Nay
Rep. K. Conaway [R, TX-11] Nay
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D, VA-11] Aye
Rep. John Conyers [D, MI-14] Aye
Rep. Jim Cooper [D, TN-5] Aye
Rep. Jim Costa [D, CA-20] Nay
Rep. Jerry Costello [D, IL-12] Nay
Rep. Joe Courtney [D, CT-2] Aye
Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R, FL-4] Nay
Rep. Joseph Crowley [D, NY-7] Aye
Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28] Aye
Rep. John Culberson [R, TX-7] Nay
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D, MD-7] Aye
Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D, PA-3] Nay
Rep. Susan Davis [D, CA-53] Aye
Rep. Geoff Davis [R, KY-4] Nay
Rep. Lincoln Davis [D, TN-4] Nay
Rep. Artur Davis [D, AL-7] Nay
Rep. Danny Davis [D, IL-7] Aye
Rep. Nathan Deal [R, GA-9] Nay
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D, OR-4] Nay
Rep. Diana DeGette [D, CO-1] Aye
Rep. William Delahunt [D, MA-10] Aye
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D, CT-3] Aye
Rep. Charles Dent [R, PA-15] Nay
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart [R, FL-21] Nay
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart [R, FL-25] Nay
Rep. Norman Dicks [D, WA-6] Aye
Rep. John Dingell [D, MI-15] Aye
Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D, TX-25] Aye
Rep. Joe Donnelly [D, IN-2] Nay
Rep. Michael Doyle [D, PA-14] Aye
Rep. David Dreier [R, CA-26] Nay
Rep. Steve Driehaus [D, OH-1] Aye
Rep. John Duncan [R, TN-2] Nay
Rep. Donna Edwards [D, MD-4] Aye
Rep. Thomas Edwards [D, TX-17] Nay
Rep. Vernon Ehlers [R, MI-3] Nay
Rep. Keith Ellison [D, MN-5] Aye
Rep. Brad Ellsworth [D, IN-8] Nay
Rep. Jo Ann Emerson [R, MO-8] Nay
Rep. Eliot Engel [D, NY-17] Aye
Rep. Anna Eshoo [D, CA-14] Aye
Rep. Bob Etheridge [D, NC-2] Aye
Rep. Mary Fallin [R, OK-5] Nay
Rep. Sam Farr [D, CA-17] Aye
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D, PA-2] Aye
Rep. Bob Filner [D, CA-51] Aye
Rep. Jeff Flake [R, AZ-6] Abstain
Rep. John Fleming [R, LA-4] Nay
Rep. James Forbes [R, VA-4] Nay
Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry [R, NE-1] Nay
Rep. Bill Foster [D, IL-14] Nay
Rep. Virginia Foxx [R, NC-5] Nay
Rep. Barney Frank [D, MA-4] Aye
Rep. Trent Franks [R, AZ-2] Nay
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen [R, NJ-11] Nay
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D, OH-11] Aye
Rep. Elton Gallegly [R, CA-24] Nay
Rep. Scott Garrett [R, NJ-5] Nay
Rep. Jim Gerlach [R, PA-6] Nay
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D, AZ-8] Aye
Rep. John Gingrey [R, GA-11] Nay
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R, TX-1] Nay
Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D, TX-20] Aye
Rep. Robert Goodlatte [R, VA-6] Nay
Rep. Barton Gordon [D, TN-6] Aye
Rep. Kay Granger [R, TX-12] Nay
Rep. Samuel Graves [R, MO-6] Nay
Rep. Alan Grayson [D, FL-8] Aye
Rep. Raymond Green [D, TX-29] Aye
Rep. Al Green [D, TX-9] Aye
Rep. Parker Griffith [D, AL-5] Nay
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7] Aye
Rep. Brett Guthrie [R, KY-2] Nay
Rep. Luis Gutiérrez [D, IL-4] Aye
Rep. Ralph Hall [R, TX-4] Nay
Rep. John Hall [D, NY-19] Aye
Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D, IL-11] Aye
Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17] Aye
Rep. Jane Harman [D, CA-36] Aye
Rep. Gregg Harper [R, MS-3] Nay
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D, FL-23] Abstain
Rep. Doc Hastings [R, WA-4] Nay
Rep. Martin Heinrich [D, NM-1] Aye
Rep. Dean Heller [R, NV-2] Nay
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R, TX-5] Nay
Rep. Walter Herger [R, CA-2] Nay
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D, SD-0] Nay
Rep. Brian Higgins [D, NY-27] Aye
Rep. Baron Hill [D, IN-9] Aye
Rep. James Himes [D, CT-4] Aye
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D, NY-22] Aye
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa [D, TX-15] Aye
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D, HI-2] Aye
Rep. Paul Hodes [D, NH-2] Aye
Rep. Peter Hoekstra [R, MI-2] Nay
Rep. Tim Holden [D, PA-17] Nay
Rep. Rush Holt [D, NJ-12] Aye
Rep. Michael Honda [D, CA-15] Aye
Rep. Steny Hoyer [D, MD-5] Aye
Rep. Duncan Hunter [R, CA-52] Nay
Rep. Bob Inglis [R, SC-4] Nay
Rep. Jay Inslee [D, WA-1] Aye
Rep. Steve Israel [D, NY-2] Aye
Rep. Darrell Issa [R, CA-49] Nay
Rep. Jesse Jackson [D, IL-2] Aye
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D, TX-18] Aye
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R, KS-2] Nay
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R, TX-3] Nay
Rep. Timothy Johnson [R, IL-15] Nay
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D, TX-30] Aye
Rep. Henry Johnson [D, GA-4] Aye
Rep. Walter Jones [R, NC-3] Nay
Rep. Jim Jordan [R, OH-4] Nay
Rep. Steve Kagen [D, WI-8] Aye
Rep. Paul Kanjorski [D, PA-11] Aye
Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D, OH-9] Aye
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D, RI-1] Aye
Rep. Dale Kildee [D, MI-5] Aye
Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick [D, MI-13] Aye
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy [D, OH-15] Aye
Rep. Ronald Kind [D, WI-3] Aye
Rep. Peter King [R, NY-3] Nay
Rep. Steve King [R, IA-5] Nay
Rep. Jack Kingston [R, GA-1] Nay
Rep. Mark Kirk [R, IL-10] Aye
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D, AZ-1] Nay
Rep. Larry Kissell [D, NC-8] Nay
Rep. Ron Klein [D, FL-22] Aye
Rep. John Kline [R, MN-2] Nay
Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D, FL-24] Aye
Rep. Frank Kratovil [D, MD-1] Aye
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D, OH-10] Nay
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R, CO-5] Nay
Rep. Leonard Lance [R, NJ-7] Aye
Rep. James Langevin [D, RI-2] Aye
Rep. Rick Larsen [D, WA-2] Aye
Rep. John Larson [D, CT-1] Aye
Rep. Thomas Latham [R, IA-4] Nay
Rep. Steven LaTourette [R, OH-14] Nay
Rep. Robert Latta [R, OH-5] Nay
Rep. Barbara Lee [D, CA-9] Aye
Rep. Christopher Lee [R, NY-26] Nay
Rep. Sander Levin [D, MI-12] Aye
Rep. Jerry Lewis [R, CA-41] Nay
Rep. John Lewis [D, GA-5] Aye
Rep. John Linder [R, GA-7] Nay
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D, IL-3] Aye
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R, NJ-2] Aye
Rep. David Loebsack [D, IA-2] Aye
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D, CA-16] Aye
Rep. Nita Lowey [D, NY-18] Aye
Rep. Frank Lucas [R, OK-3] Nay
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R, MO-9] Nay
Rep. Ben Luján [D, NM-3] Aye
Rep. Cynthia Lummis [R, WY-0] Nay
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R, CA-3] Nay
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D, MA-9] Aye
Rep. Connie Mack [R, FL-14] Nay
Rep. Daniel Maffei [D, NY-25] Aye
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D, NY-14] Aye
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R, IL-16] Nay
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R, TX-24] Nay
Rep. Betsy Markey [D, CO-4] Aye
Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7] Aye
Rep. James Marshall [D, GA-8] Nay
Rep. Eric Massa [D, NY-29] Nay
Rep. Jim Matheson [D, UT-2] Nay
Rep. Doris Matsui [D, CA-5] Aye
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4] Aye
Rep. Kevin McCarthy [R, CA-22] Nay
Rep. Michael McCaul [R, TX-10] Nay
Rep. Tom McClintock [R, CA-4] Nay
Rep. Betty McCollum [D, MN-4] Aye
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter [R, MI-11] Nay
Rep. James McDermott [D, WA-7] Aye
Rep. James McGovern [D, MA-3] Aye
Rep. Patrick Mchenry [R, NC-10] Nay
Rep. John McHugh [R, NY-23] Aye
Rep. Mike McIntyre [D, NC-7] Nay
Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25] Nay
Rep. Michael McMahon [D, NY-13] Aye
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R, WA-5] Nay
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D, CA-11] Aye
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D, FL-17] Aye
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D, NY-6] Aye
Rep. Charles Melancon [D, LA-3] Nay
Rep. John Mica [R, FL-7] Nay
Rep. Michael Michaud [D, ME-2] Aye
Rep. Brad Miller [D, NC-13] Aye
Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7] Aye
Rep. Gary Miller [R, CA-42] Nay
Rep. Candice Miller [R, MI-10] Nay
Rep. Jeff Miller [R, FL-1] Nay
Rep. Walter Minnick [D, ID-1] Nay
Rep. Harry Mitchell [D, AZ-5] Nay
Rep. Alan Mollohan [D, WV-1] Nay
Rep. Dennis Moore [D, KS-3] Aye
Rep. Gwen Moore [D, WI-4] Aye
Rep. Jerry Moran [R, KS-1] Nay
Rep. James Moran [D, VA-8] Aye
Rep. Scott Murphy [D, NY-20] Aye
Rep. Patrick Murphy [D, PA-8] Aye
Rep. Tim Murphy [R, PA-18] Nay
Rep. Christopher Murphy [D, CT-5] Aye
Rep. John Murtha [D, PA-12] Aye
Rep. Sue Myrick [R, NC-9] Nay
Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D, NY-8] Aye
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D, CA-38] Aye
Rep. Richard Neal [D, MA-2] Aye
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R, TX-19] Nay
Rep. Devin Nunes [R, CA-21] Nay
Rep. Glenn Nye [D, VA-2] Nay
Rep. James Oberstar [D, MN-8] Aye
Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7] Aye
Rep. Pete Olson [R, TX-22] Nay
Rep. John Olver [D, MA-1] Aye
Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D, TX-27] Nay
Rep. Frank Pallone [D, NJ-6] Aye
Rep. William Pascrell [D, NJ-8] Aye
Rep. Edward Pastor [D, AZ-4] Aye
Rep. Ronald Paul [R, TX-14] Nay
Rep. Erik Paulsen [R, MN-3] Nay
Rep. Donald Payne [D, NJ-10] Aye
Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8] Aye
Rep. Mike Pence [R, IN-6] Nay
Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D, CO-7] Aye
Rep. Thomas Perriello [D, VA-5] Aye
Rep. Gary Peters [D, MI-9] Aye
Rep. Collin Peterson [D, MN-7] Aye
Rep. Thomas Petri [R, WI-6] Nay
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D, ME-1] Aye
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R, PA-16] Nay
Rep. Todd Platts [R, PA-19] Nay
Rep. Ted Poe [R, TX-2] Nay
Rep. Jared Polis [D, CO-2] Aye
Rep. Earl Pomeroy [D, ND-0] Nay
Rep. Bill Posey [R, FL-15] Nay
Rep. Tom Price [R, GA-6] Nay
Rep. David Price [D, NC-4] Aye
Rep. Adam Putnam [R, FL-12] Nay
Rep. Mike Quigley [D, IL-5] Aye
Rep. George Radanovich [R, CA-19] Nay
Rep. Nick Rahall [D, WV-3] Nay
Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] Aye
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R, MT-0] Nay
Rep. Dave Reichert [R, WA-8] Aye
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D, TX-16] Aye
Rep. Laura Richardson [D, CA-37] Aye
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez [D, TX-23] Nay
Rep. David Roe [R, TN-1] Nay
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, AL-3] Nay
Rep. Harold Rogers [R, KY-5] Nay
Rep. Michael Rogers [R, MI-8] Nay
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher [R, CA-46] Nay
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R, FL-16] Nay
Rep. Peter Roskam [R, IL-6] Nay
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R, FL-18] Nay
Rep. Mike Ross [D, AR-4] Nay
Rep. Steven Rothman [D, NJ-9] Aye
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D, CA-34] Aye
Rep. Edward Royce [R, CA-40] Nay
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D, MD-2] Aye
Rep. Bobby Rush [D, IL-1] Aye
Rep. Paul Ryan [R, WI-1] Nay
Rep. Timothy Ryan [D, OH-17] Aye
Rep. John Salazar [D, CO-3] Nay
Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D, CA-47] Aye
Rep. Linda Sánchez [D, CA-39] Aye
Rep. John Sarbanes [D, MD-3] Aye
Rep. Steve Scalise [R, LA-1] Nay
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D, IL-9] Aye
Rep. Mark Schauer [D, MI-7] Aye
Rep. Adam Schiff [D, CA-29] Aye
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R, OH-2] Nay
Rep. Aaron Schock [R, IL-18] Nay
Rep. Kurt Schrader [D, OR-5] Aye
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D, PA-13] Aye
Rep. Robert Scott [D, VA-3] Aye
Rep. David Scott [D, GA-13] Aye
Rep. F. Sensenbrenner [R, WI-5] Nay
Rep. José Serrano [D, NY-16] Aye
Rep. Peter Sessions [R, TX-32] Nay
Rep. Joe Sestak [D, PA-7] Aye
Rep. John Shadegg [R, AZ-3] Nay
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D, NH-1] Aye
Rep. Brad Sherman [D, CA-27] Aye
Rep. John Shimkus [R, IL-19] Nay
Rep. Heath Shuler [D, NC-11] Aye
Rep. William Shuster [R, PA-9] Nay
Rep. Michael Simpson [R, ID-2] Nay
Rep. Albio Sires [D, NJ-13] Aye
Rep. Ike Skelton [D, MO-4] Aye
Rep. Louise Slaughter [D, NY-28] Aye
Rep. Christopher Smith [R, NJ-4] Aye
Rep. Lamar Smith [R, TX-21] Nay
Rep. Adrian Smith [R, NE-3] Nay
Rep. Adam Smith [D, WA-9] Aye
Rep. Victor Snyder [D, AR-2] Aye
Rep. Mark Souder [R, IN-3] Nay
Rep. Zachary Space [D, OH-18] Aye
Rep. Jackie Speier [D, CA-12] Aye
Rep. John Spratt [D, SC-5] Aye
Rep. Fortney Stark [D, CA-13] Nay
Rep. Clifford Stearns [R, FL-6] Nay
Rep. Bart Stupak [D, MI-1] Aye
Rep. John Sullivan [R, OK-1] Abstain
Rep. Betty Sutton [D, OH-13] Aye
Rep. John Tanner [D, TN-8] Nay
Rep. Ellen Tauscher [D, CA-10] Aye
Rep. Gene Taylor [D, MS-4] Nay
Rep. Harry Teague [D, NM-2] Aye
Rep. Lee Terry [R, NE-2] Nay
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D, MS-2] Aye
Rep. C. Thompson [D, CA-1] Aye
Rep. Glenn Thompson [R, PA-5] Nay
Rep. William Thornberry [R, TX-13] Nay
Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R, KS-4] Nay
Rep. Patrick Tiberi [R, OH-12] Nay
Rep. John Tierney [D, MA-6] Aye
Rep. Dina Titus [D, NV-3] Aye
Rep. Paul Tonko [D, NY-21] Aye
Rep. Edolphus Towns [D, NY-10] Aye
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D, MA-5] Aye
Rep. Michael Turner [R, OH-3] Nay
Rep. Frederick Upton [R, MI-6] Nay
Rep. Christopher Van Hollen [D, MD-8] Aye
Rep. Nydia Velázquez [D, NY-12] Aye
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D, IN-1] Nay
Rep. Greg Walden [R, OR-2] Nay
Rep. Timothy Walz [D, MN-1] Aye
Rep. Zach Wamp [R, TN-3] Nay
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D, FL-20] Aye
Rep. Maxine Waters [D, CA-35] Aye
Rep. Diane Watson [D, CA-33] Aye
Rep. Melvin Watt [D, NC-12] Aye
Rep. Henry Waxman [D, CA-30] Aye
Rep. Anthony Weiner [D, NY-9] Aye
Rep. Peter Welch [D, VT-0] Aye
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R, GA-3] Nay
Rep. Robert Wexler [D, FL-19] Aye
Rep. Edward Whitfield [R, KY-1] Nay
Rep. Charles Wilson [D, OH-6] Nay
Rep. Addison Wilson [R, SC-2] Nay
Rep. Rob Wittman [R, VA-1] Nay
Rep. Frank Wolf [R, VA-10] Nay
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D, CA-6] Aye
Rep. David Wu [D, OR-1] Aye
Rep. John Yarmuth [D, KY-3] Aye
Rep. C. W. Young [R, FL-10] Nay
Rep. Donald Young [R, AK-0] Nay

* - Voters marked "No Data" are voters that THOMAS has not associated yet.

** Because of incomplete data from newly elected Representatives, party breakdown visualizations may be inaccurate by one or two votes.

1932 To Govern a Republic,

LaRouchePAC Presents: 1932

To Govern a Republic, One Must Know the Minds That Created It.

"...while a nation goes speculation crazy the people neglect to think of fundamental principles."

These were the words of Franklin Roosevelt in the months leading into the Democratic National Convention of 1932. Roosevelt knew that the fight for the United States Presidency was not simply a game of political machines and punditry, but that this coming fight demanded a leader who understood the historic enemy of the United States and the founding principles of the nation.

Former first lady Laura Bush talks about their new lives.

Former first lady Laura Bush talks about their new lives.

Former first lady Laura Bush talks about everything from her work with the Laura Bush Institute for Women's Health to how it feels to return to Texas.

IRF - Pres. Obama Nominates Sonia Sotomayor & The Republican Party

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AIG WHO'S AT FAULT - THE START OF A NEW LIFE

This past September AIG HEADLINES READ THIS:

Government Bails Out AIG With $85 Billion Loan

Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | FoxNews.com

WASHINGTON — For the second time this month, the U.S. government put taxpayer money on the hook to rescue a private financial company, saying the failure of the huge insurer American International Group Inc. would further disrupt markets and threaten the already fragile economy. READ FULL STORY

The reason I bring this up is because so far I have heard all week that President Obama and his Cabinet are bailout happy, but let’s not forget that President Bush and Henry Paulson started this Bail out feeding frenzy! This is why I voted for Mrs. Palin in the past Election (even though I knew she would not win) I’m P. T. F. O because of this waste and the start of nationalization of private companies!

AIG Executives Rack Up a Reported $86,000 Tab During Hunting Trip

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — First there was the $440,000 American Insurance Group Inc. spent entertaining executives days after receiving an $85 billion lifeline from the Federal Reserve, now it's $86,000 for a hunting trip in England as the faltering company reaped another $37.8 billion in taxpayer funded loans. READ THE FULL STORY

AIG is too large to fail, AIG needs Government help and on and on! Well I knew the ball would drop pretty soon. But here is where the plot thickens, always remember that when you have to beg someone for something like money you may have to jump through hoop’s! In other word’s any company that receives bailout money will be selling it's sole to the Devil! I’m glad that AIG has been under the microscope, maybe this will make companies realize that if we give you said amount you will have to do things our way!

Lawmakers Turn Fire on Obama Administration Over AIG Bonuses

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Though President Obama pledged last month to crack down on executive pay for companies that take "exceptional" amounts of federal bail-out money, the administration now seems to be struggling to do anything about the bonuses AIG says it is contractually obligated to pay. READ THE FULL STORY

Cheers to Socialism (Of course I'm kidding here) "SOCIALISM" see it starts slow and then boom it burst like the laughter behind a closed door meeting at the White House! I think that this is the way the Dems are going to SCARE Corp. America away from taking any more TARP Money without saying they made a BIG MISTAKE!

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Free to Choose 1990 Vol. 3 of 5 - The Failure of Socialism

Free to Choose 1990 Volume 3 - Freedom and Prosperity Topic: The Re-Birth of Freedom in Eastern Europe ABSTRACT Milton says "Everybody knows what needs to be done. The property that is now in the hands of the state, needs to be gotten into the hands of private people who can use it in accordance with their own interests and values." Eastern Europe has observed the history of free markets in the United States and wants to copy our success. Ironically, we seem unable to turn away from the temptations of socialism despite its long history of bankrupting economies. Introduced by Ronald Reagan. Discussion with Gary Becker, University of Chicago and Sam Bowles, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. CAST Milton Friedman .... Economist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman Rose Friedman .... Economist Ronald Reagan .... President Linda Chavez .... Moderator Gary Becker .... Economist, University of Chicago Sam Bowles .... University of Massachusetts at Amherst TECHNICAL SPECS: Video Codec: DivX 5.2.1 Video Bitrate: 1181kbps (.259 bits/pixel) Video Resolution: 496x384 Audio Codec: MP3 VBR Audio BitRate: 128kb/s Audio Channels: 2 RunTime Per Part: 47 min Number Of Parts: 5 Part Size: 435MB SERIES DESCRIPTION In 1990, Free to Choose was updated to five volumes. Each volume features a documentary by Milton Friedman followed by an all-new discussion and debate. Volumes 1, 2, 4 and 5 include modified documentaries originally produced for the 1980 version of the series. Volume 3, "The Failure of Socialism" was later renamed "Freedom and Prosperity". Volume 4, "What's Wrong With Our Schools" was later renamed "The Failure of Socialism". The 1990 series features introductions by prominant figures such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Schultz, Ronald Reagan, and Steve Allen. If nothing else, after viewing these films at least you'll know what Arnold is talking about when he says, "Our state will prosper again when we commit ourselves in California to "Free to Choose" economics."

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Ronald Reagan - The Creative Society Speech

The Creative Society

University of Southern California
April 19, 1966

This speech was delivered to an audience at the University of Southern California when Ronald Reagan was running for Governor of California. 3,389 words

Each generation is critical of its predecessor. And as the day nears when the classroom and playing field must give way to that larger arena with its problems of inequity and human misunderstanding, it's easy to look at those of us already in that arena and demand to know why the problems remain unsolved. We, who preceded you, asked that question of those who preceded us, and another generation will ask it of you. I hope there will be less justification for the question when it becomes your turn to answer. Don't get me wrong! When the generation of which I'm a part leaves the stage, I think that history will record that seldom has any generation fought harder and paid a higher price for freedom. We have known three wars in our lifetime cataclysmic, worldwide depression--and these events toppled governments and reshaped the map. At the same time, as a result of this, perhaps just because of human frailty, we have downgraded our performance with an attitude sometimes apathetic--sometimes cynical--toward the conduct of public affairs.

We are confused and we have confused you with a double standard of morality. We try to keep alive a moral code for our individual conduct--"Don't cheat," "Promises are sacred." "Your word is your bond," "Serve your fellow men"--but at the same time, we accept double-dealing at government levels, and we've lost our capacity to get angry when decisions are not based on moral truth, but on political expediency. When small men are granted great rewards for political favors, we excuse it with the expression: "Well, that's politics."

I've already established myself now as not of your generation, but I'm aware there are those who go even farther and place me as far back as the Ice Age, or even farther than that--in the period of McKinley. I realize that modern political dialogue concerns itself largely with false image-making, rather than with legitimate debate over differing viewpoints; and no candidate can hope to engage in a political contest without experiencing the deliberate distortions of his positions and his beliefs. But I sometimes wonder if we haven't reached one of those moments in time when the stakes are much too high for this kind of middle-aged juvenile delinquency.

Public officials are elected primarily for one purpose--to solve public problems. You have a right to ask any candidate about his understanding of the problems facing us, his acceptance of responsibility for solving those problems, and whether he has a fresh approach or just offers the same old bargain-basement politics--"We'll do everything the other fellow's been doing, only we'll do it cheaper and better." You have a right to know--and I am obligated to tell you--where I stand and what I believe.

To begin with--I am not a politician. I am an ordinary citizen with a deep-seated belief that much of what troubles us has been brought about by politicians; and it's high time that more ordinary citizens brought the fresh air of common sense thinking to bear on these problems. We've had enough of the wheeling and dealing, and enough of schemers and schemes. I think it's time now for dreamers--practical dreamers--willing to re-implement the original dream which became this nation--that idea that has never fully been tried before in the world--that you and I have the capacity for self-government--the dignity and the ability and the God-given freedom to make our own decisions, to plan our own lives and to control our own destiny.

Now it has been said that nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come. This took place some 200 years ago in this country. But there is another such idea abroad in the land today. Americans, divided in so many ways, are united in their determination that no area of human need should be ignored. A people that can reach out to the stars has decided that the problems of human misery can be solved and they'll settle for nothing less.

The big question is not whether--but how, and at what price. We can't accept the negative philosophy of those who close their eyes, hoping the problems will disappear, or that questions of unemployment, inequality of opportunity, or the needs of the elderly and the sick will take care of themselves. But, neither should we unquestioningly follow those others who pass the problems along to the Federal government, abdicating their personal and local responsibility.

The trouble with that solution is that for every ounce of federal help we get, we surrender an ounce of personal freedom. The Great Society grows greater every day--greater in cost, greater in inefficiency and greater in waste. Now this is not to quarrel with its humanitarian goals or deny that it can achieve those goals. But, I do deny that it offers the only--or even the best--method of achieving those goals.

The administration in Sacramento is guilty of a leadership gap. Unwilling, or unable, to solve the problems of California, it has reduced this state to virtually an administrative district of the federal government. This isn't to deny the rightful place of the federal government; but state sovereignty is an integral part of the checks and balances designed to restrain power and to restrain one group from destroying the freedom of another. We can do more by keeping California tax dollars in California than we can by running them through those puzzle palaces on the Potomac only to get them back minus a carrying charge.

Federal help has neither reduced the size of the burden of our state government, nor has it solved our problems. In California, government is larger in proportion to the population than in any other state and it is increasing twice as fast as the increase in population. Our tax burden, local and state, is $100 higher per capita than it is in the rest of the nation, and the local property tax is increasing twice as fast as our increase in personal income.

What is obviously needed is not more government, but better government, seeking a solution to the problems that will not add to bureaucracy, or unbalance the budget, or further centralize power. Therefore, I propose a constructive alternative to the Great Society, which I have chosen to call "A Creative Society." While leadership and initiative for this Creative Society should begin in the Governor's office, it would be the task of the entire state government to discover, enlist and mobilize the incredibly rich human resources of California, calling on the best in every field to review and revise our governmental structure and present plans for streamlining it and making it more efficient and more effective.

There is no major problem that cannot be resolved by a vigorous and imaginative state administration willing to utilize the tremendous potential of our people. We have the greatest concentration of industrial and scientific research facilities of any state in the Union. Tens of thousands of successful and highly talented men and women are in our business communities; colleges and universities are rich in possibilities for study and research; charities and philanthropic enterprises are many, and there are innumerable people of creative talent in the professions.

We have attracted the most youthful, the brightest and the best trained people from every state and every nation. We have untapped resources in the retired men and women with lifetime records of achievement in every conceivable area of endeavor. Probably there is more talent prematurely retired in California than in any other state; and these people, I believe, would welcome a chance for meaningful personal fulfillment in community service--if only someone would ask them.

And that is the basis of the Creative Society--government no longer substituting for the people, but recognizing that it cannot possibly match the great potential of the people, and thus, must coordinate the creative energies of the people for the good of the whole.

Now this isn't some glorified program for passing the buck and telling the people to play Samaritan and solve the problems on their own, while government stands by to hand out Good Conduct ribbons. There is a definite and active role for government, but as our numbers increase and society grows more complex, the idea of an economy planned or controlled by government just doesn't make sense. No matter how talented the government is, it is incapable of making the multitudinous decisions that must be made every day in the market place and in our community living. Big business has already replaced autocratic rule from the top with decentralization, and government must do the same thing.

This means the Creative Society must return authority to the local communities--give them the right to run their own affairs. The people in San Francisco know better than anyone in Sacramento where a freeway in San Francisco should go.

A skyrocketing crime rate has given California almost double its proportionate share of crime--crimes of violence--simply because the state, as a result of certain judicial decisions, denies local governments the right to pass ordinances for the protection of the people. Time after time, legislation has been introduced to correct this. Much of it died in committee in Sacramento; but eventually, when it did pass the Assembly or the Senate it was vetoed by the Governor. The legislation will, and must, be reintroduced and signed into law to give our police the power to make our streets safe again. At the same time, government must call upon the best minds in the field of human relations and law and penology for a creative study of our penal and our parole systems.

I propose and urge the adoption of a plan whereby a joint committee of laymen and members of the Bar Association will choose a panel of individuals, based on their personal character and on their legal experience and ability. And then the Governor would be forced to appoint all judges from this panel, taking judicial appointments once and for all out of politics.

A confidential survey of industry reveals that by all the criteria used to establish economic health, California comes off looking like that fellow on TV before he takes the pill. We lead the nation in population increase, but we lag far behind the national average in growth of personal income, retail sales and gross product. When home construction fell off last year in the country, it declined five times more in California than it did in the rest of the nation. Five years ago, we were sixth among the states in our ability to attract new industries; today we have fallen to 13th. And running like a thread through this survey are the reports of government's unfriendly attitude toward business, evidenced by the harassing regulations, needless paper work and regressive tax policies.

The present administration's approach to our deteriorating business climate is always another pill out of the same old bottle. Build another bureau, add another tax, and put the unemployed on the public payroll. The Creative Society will, instead, turn to those who truly have the capacity to create jobs and prosperity. Ask the best brains of industry and the community: What is needed to make California once again attractive to industry? Ask them to evolve the plans for creating job opportunities and a program of on-the-job training--because in the last analysis, employment and prosperity are the function and responsibility of private enterprise. It is government's responsibility to end the harassment, roadblocks, regressive taxation and to offer, wherever practical, tax incentives that will help to provide jobs and a friendly business climate.

No small part of the heavy tax load that is borne by the working men and women of our state is a welfare load, which doubled in the last five years, and is increasing faster than our spending on education. Those who administer welfare at the county and local levels have their hands tied by excessive regulations and red tape imposed by both Washington and Sacramento. A Creative Society would call upon their experience and the thinking of the campus researchers and others experienced in philanthropy and public service to make a study to establish that we are doing all we can, first of all, for those who are disabled, aged and who, through no fault of their own, must depend on the rest of us. Our goal should be not only to provide the necessities of life, but those comforts such as we can afford that will make their life worth living.

Then, such a commission must turn and investigate that part of welfare having to do with those who need temporary help--who are being helped through an emergency period only until they can again play a productive role. We must determine that this is still our purpose and that we have not, instead, settled on a program of perpetuating poverty with a permanent dole. We see today a second generation, and even a third generation of citizens, growing up, marrying, having children, accepting public welfare for three generations as a way of life. The 11th century Hebrew physician and philosopher, Maimonides, said there are eight steps in helping the needy. The lowest of these is the handout; the highest is to teach them to help themselves. By contract, our State Department of Public Welfare has a book out and they explain the guiding philosophy of welfare at the state administration level is redistribution of income. Well, this is a reversal of the carrot and stick philosophy, penalizing the industrious and rewarding the unproductive. Redistributing income does not increase purchasing power or prosperity--only increased productivity can accomplish that. Much of welfare spending could become invested, if we would direct some of that spending toward education and training to prevent people from becoming public dependents in the first place.

I have been told there is work in our public institutions, some of which could be performed by unemployables, even illiterates--enough to give jobs to 50,000. Such work should be part of a welfare rehabilitation program. Somewhere, every problem that faces us is being solved economically and efficiently by citizens who didn't wait for the slow growth of bureaucracy. The Creative Society would encourage the expansion of these voluntary efforts instead of competing them out of existence with free federal handouts which turn out not to be very free at all.

A Californian concerned with needy college students and their problems aroused the interest of bankers and other interested citizens and today, through the United Student Loan Fund, some 65,000 students, on 700 campuses, have borrowed $35 million from banks which will be repaid after graduation. Private citizens underwrite every dollar voluntarily with government playing no part whatsoever.

Following the tragic disturbance in Watts last summer, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce mobilized hundreds of industrial concerns in this area and they agreed that unemployment was their responsibility. Working with a committee of fine, responsible Negro businessmen in that area, they set out to establish an employment and job training program and so far, they have put 5,000 of the citizens in that area to work or in on-the-job training spots. This is almost as many people as there are poverty program administrators in the area.

A businessman in Texas brought up in poverty--now successful--founded a boys ranch. He and his wife worked tirelessly--just the two of them--and they have developed what J. Edgar Hoover has called a "blue print for the prevention of crime." Three hundred boys, ranging in age from 4 to 17, are cared for at a per capita cost of about $1,600 a year. Compare this with the $3,600 a year it costs us to maintain a boy in Juvenile Hall.

Here in California, a B'nai B'rith Lodge adopted one of our youth probation camps. Just by lending a helping hand--showing an interest--being willing to listen to these young men, they have reduced the period of time the boys must stay in this camp by a full one-third. It would be easy to establish what that means to the taxpayer in dollars and cents. And all it took was a little time and a little human compassion.

Have we in America forgotten our own accomplishments? For 200 years we've been fighting the most successful war on poverty the world has ever seen. We built the West without waiting for an area redevelopment plan. San Francisco, destroyed by fire, was rebuilt by Californians who didn't wait for urban renewal. We have fought our wars with citizen-soldiers and dollar-a-year men.

At the end of World War I, American citizens cooperated with government in a voluntary program of Belgian Relief that saved millions of lives. As World War II drew to a close, Jesse Jones, Secretary of Commerce, alarmed at the plans he saw on bureaucratic drawing boards in Washington, appealed to corporation heads and businessmen and asked them, instead, to plan the transition from a war- to a peace-time economy. The Council of Economic Advisors was born. Fifty thousand business leaders, through 2,000 community organizations, performed what is still viewed as an economic miracle--and no tax dollars changed hands.

Farming is California's greatest industry, responsible, directly or indirectly, for one-third of our employment and 70% of all the cash business transactions that take place in the state. We produce a greater variety on California farms than any other state--some 200 crops--and 98% of our farming is out on the free market, unsubsidized by the federal farm program. But our farmers have very little voice in our state capital of Sacramento. Last year they were made into guinea pigs for a sociological experiment by the federal government, aided and abetted by our state government. They, and representatives of associated industries, should be called in and they should be asked, in a Creative Society, for common sense answers to their problems and the voice of California government should be raised in their behalf.

Control of education should remain, as much as possible, at the level of the local school boards and unwanted unification should not be imposed from above, but should only take place if it represents the will of the people directly involved. Increased autonomy should be granted to our state colleges and universities and the management of the people's affairs should be kept, as much as possible, at the local level.

The Creative Society, in other words, is simply a return to the people of the privilege of self-government, as well as a pledge for more efficient representative government--citizens of proven ability in their fields, serving where their experience qualifies them, proposing common sense answers for California's problems, reviewing governmental structure itself and bringing it into line with the most advanced, modern business practices. Those who talk of complex problems, requiring more government planning and more control, in reality are taking us back in time to the acceptance of rule of the many by the few. Time to look to the future. We've had enough talk--disruptive talk--in America of left and right, dividing us down the center. There is really no such choice facing us. The only choice we have is up or down--up, to the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with law and order, or down, to the deadly dullness of totalitarianism.

Do we still have the courage and the capacity to dream? If so, I wish you'd join me in a dream. Join me in a dream of a California whose government isn't characterized by political hacks and cronies and relatives--an administration that doesn't make its decisions based on political expediency but on moral truth. Together, let us find men to match our mountains. We can have a government administered by men and women who are appointed on the basis of ability and dedication--not as a reward for political favors. If we must have a double standard of morality, then let it be one, which demands more of those in government, not less.

This is a practical dream--it's a dream you can believe in--it's a dream worthy of your generation. Better yet, it's a dream that can come true and all we have to do is want it badly enough.

The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement

The Origins of the Modern American Conservative Movement

by Lee Edwards, Ph.D.

Heritage Lecture #811

While this is my first visit to Mainland China, I have visited Hong Kong and Taiwan many times over the last 30 years, drawn to this nation and its people by their important place in world politics and human history.

Much of what I know about China I learned from Walter H. Judd, who was a medical missionary in China in the 1920s and the 1930s. Dr. Judd is relevant to our discussion because he was a major influence on the American conservative movement from the 1950s through the 1980s. Indeed, what he said about China was very nearly the gospel for many conservatives.

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The Nixon-Ford Years

The Nixon-Ford Years

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In 1968, Richard Nixon reappeared to win the party's nomination and selected Maryland governor Spiro T. Agnew as his running mate. Nixon went on to win the election over Democrat Hubert H. Humphrey, who was unable to bring his party together after divisions brought on by U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

President Nixon's first term was marked by many successes, including improved relations with China, a more cooperative relationship with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, an improved economy, and what appeared to be significant steps toward peace in Vietnam. In 1972 the Democrats nominated a prominent antiwar senator, George S. McGovern of South Dakota. Nixon was reelected by an enormous popular-vote margin, carrying every state except Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. Even so, the Democrats continued to control both houses of the Congress. The campaign, however, carried the seeds of the political destruction of Richard Nixon. A burglary of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate office complex during the campaign led to revelations of widespread civil and criminal misconduct within the campaign organization, administration, and White House; impeachment hearings were held, and eventually Nixon resigned in 1974. An earlier scandal involved Vice-President Agnew, who was forced to resign in 1973 after being convicted of income-tax evasion.

Nixon was succeeded by Vice-President Gerald R. Ford, who had been appointed to the office after the resignation of Agnew. Ford faced a serious economic situation-high unemployment, rising inflation, high interest rates, and huge budget deficits. He was criticized by moderates for doing too little to allay the nation's economic ills and by conservatives for offering amnesty to Vietnam-era draft evaders and for appointing Nelson Rockefeller to the vice-presidency. After a difficult primary contest against conservative Ronald Reagan of California, Ford lost the election to Democrat Jimmy Carter.

The Eisenhower Era

The Eisenhower Era

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In 1952 the Republican national convention nominated Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to head its ticket. Although the party was split over the defeat of conservative senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio for that nomination, its ticket went on to win a landslide victory, carrying 39 states. The 1956 ticket of Eisenhower and Nixon won another decisive victory, due in part to Eisenhower's moderate course in foreign policy, his successful ending of the Korean War, and his great personal popularity. Democratic control of both houses, however, won in 1954, was continued.

In 1960, Vice-President Nixon won an easy victory for nomination but lost the election to John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts by the smallest popular margin in the 20th century-a difference of only about 113,000 votes out of more than 68 million cast. After a bitter internal party struggle prior to the 1964 Republican convention, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona wrested the presidential nomination and control of the Republican party away from the Eastern moderates and began an attempt to convert the party into an ideologically pure conservative party. His landslide defeat by Lyndon B. Johnson, however, left the party organization in shambles.